Massachusetts Fire Incident Reporting System Version 5 Quick Reference Guide Massachusetts Revision March 2012 U.S. Fire Administration National Fire Data Center Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................7 Station Number ..................................................................42 How MFIRS Works .............................................................7 Incident Number H .............................................................42 Conventions Used in Completing Modules .........................8 Exposure Number H ..........................................................42 Fire Department Header .....................................................8 Delete/Change ..................................................................42 Differences Between the QRG and the CRG ......................9 SECTION B ........................................................................43 Electronic Reporting.............................................................9 Property Details H .............................................................43 Assistance............................................................................9 Number of Residential Living Units ...................................43 BASIC MODULE (MFIRS–1) .............................................10 Number of Buildings Involved ...........................................43 Number of Acres Burned (outside fires) ............................43 SECTION A ........................................................................10 Fire Department Identification (FDID) H ............................10 SECTION C ........................................................................44 State H ...............................................................................10 On-Site Materials or Products and On-Site Materials Incident Date H .................................................................11 Storage Use ......................................................................44 Station ...............................................................................11 SECTION D ........................................................................48 Incident Number H ............................................................11 Ignition ..............................................................................48 Exposure Number H .........................................................11 Area of Fire Origin H ..........................................................48 Delete/Change/No Activity ................................................12 Heat Source H ...................................................................50 H SECTION B .........................................................................13 Item First Ignited ............................................................52 Location Type H ................................................................13 Type of Material First Ignited .............................................53 Census Tract .....................................................................13 SECTION E ........................................................................55 Number/Milepost ...............................................................14 Cause of Ignition H ............................................................55 Street Prefix ......................................................................14 Factors Contributing to Ignition H ......................................55 Street or Highway Name ...................................................14 Human Factors Contributing to Ignition H .........................57 Street Type ........................................................................14 SECTION F .........................................................................57 Street Suffix ......................................................................15 Equipment Involved in Ignition ..........................................58 Apartment, Suite, or Room ...............................................16 Equipment Type ................................................................58 City ....................................................................................16 Equipment Brand, Model, Serial Number, and Year .........63 State ..................................................................................16 Equipment Power Source .................................................63 ZIP Code ...........................................................................16 Equipment Portability ........................................................64 Cross Street or Directions .................................................16 SECTION G .........................................................................64 SECTION C ........................................................................17 Fire Suppression Factors ..................................................64 Incident Type H ..................................................................17 SECTION H .........................................................................67 Critical Incident ..................................................................23 Mobile Property Involved ..................................................67 SECTION D ........................................................................24 Mobile Property: Type, Make, Model, Year, License Number, Aid Given or Received H ..................................................24 State, VIN ..........................................................................67 SECTION E ........................................................................25 Vehicle Stolen ....................................................................70 Dates and Times ...............................................................25 STRUCTURE FIRE MODULE (MFIRS–3) ..........................71 Alarm Time H ....................................................................25 Arrival Time H ....................................................................25 SECTION I ...........................................................................71 Structure Type H ................................................................71 Controlled Time .................................................................26 H Last Unit Cleared Time H ..................................................26 Building Status ...............................................................71 Building Height H ...............................................................72 Shift and Alarms ................................................................26 H Shift or Platoon .................................................................26 Main Floor Size ..............................................................72 Alarms ...............................................................................26 SECTION J..........................................................................72 District ...............................................................................26 Fire Origin H ......................................................................72 Special Studies .................................................................27 Fire Spread H ....................................................................72 SECTION F .........................................................................27 Number of Stories Damaged by Flame .............................73 Actions Taken H ................................................................27 SECTION K ........................................................................73 SECTION G ........................................................................29 Item Contributing Most to Flame Spread ..........................73 Resources H ......................................................................29 Type of Material Contributing Most to Flame Spread ........75 Estimated Dollar Losses and Values ................................30 SECTION L .........................................................................76 H COMPLETED MODULES ..................................................30 Presence of Detectors ...................................................76 Detector Type .....................................................................77 SECTION H .........................................................................30 Detector Power Supply .....................................................77 H Casualties .....................................................................30 Detector Operation ............................................................77 Detector .............................................................................31 Detector Effectiveness ......................................................78 Hazardous Materials Release ...........................................32 Detector Failure Reason ...................................................78 SECTION I ..........................................................................32 SECTION M ........................................................................78 Mixed Use Property ..........................................................32 Presence of Automatic Extinguishing System H ................78 SECTION J .........................................................................33 Type of Automatic Extinguishing System ..........................78 Property Use H .................................................................33